anyone elses hands get ripped up?

J.M.B · Posted: Aug 08, 2006 5:36 pm Post subject: anyone elses hands get ripped up?

ive been really pushing inverts this last week and it seems like my hands particularly my right has just taken a beating, ive got 3 huge blood blisters and almost all the skin on my palm has been torn off ( 1 layer)

im guessing it happens when i land and whipe out the handle rips out of my hand..

anyone else get this? will a glove help me at all?

khill12 · Outlaw Joined: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 109 City: Madison

i get blisters and my hands feel raw....so i started wearing gloves and it seemed to help a lot.

holdsworth · Posted: Aug 08, 2006 5:57 pm Post subject:

i get blisters while on vacation because i ride a TON. it's not all from falling and getting it ripped out, it's just from holding on and moving your hands around on the handle and getting the pull from the boat.

Ethan31 · Posted: Aug 08, 2006 6:02 pm Post subject:

Ya, i have some wicked blisters.

J.M.B · Posted: Aug 08, 2006 6:22 pm Post subject:

my hand after today, all the dark spots is where ive picked off dead skin

criswb · Soul Rider Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 310 City: Guayaquil

get a softer handle grip! That hand looks horrible... never have I had my hand like that... and I have soft hands and have used uncomfortable handles. I usually get blisters and my hand will get all red after riding, but not like yours!

c0mp|ex · Criminal Joined: 25 Jun 2006 Posts: 61 City: San Antonio

yea get a softer grip.. my hands have never blistered from my handle..
but the rubber handles at TSR kinda make my hands red and blister a lil while after a day of riding Sad

westcoast_canadian · Criminal Joined: 09 Aug 2005 Posts: 69 City: Penticton

Thats why I HATE any handles that have that tacky rubber to them and why I love my soft foamy premier handle. Who else is true to their Premier handles?

I also hate dumb older ppl who over-emphasize "wake", like when they ask, "So, are you going on the WAKEboard today?!" So annoying.

C4Avalanchen · Outlaw Joined: 27 Aug 2005 Posts: 189 City: Reno

I have a Straightline Vortex interlock grip handle and it sucks. My hands look like the above picture after a weekend also. My friend has the same handle, but with the Amoeba grip, and it's really comfortable. Didn't bother my hands at all.

big air tom · Outlaw Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 141 City: sheffield

If you buy some gloves they need to be the perfect fit because otherwise the glove will slip and when you keep pushing its back on wielst still getting pulled it can sereosly damage your musales in your arms.

P.S My spelling is not very good. Embarassed

jpminter · Posted: Aug 09, 2006 4:01 am Post subject:

Don't wear gloves.

Colclough999 · Soul Rider Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 410 City: Boston

i ride in saltwater and im fine throughout the season. I went out behind a malibu in 87 degree lake water and my palms exploded.

jpminter · Posted: Aug 09, 2006 6:31 am Post subject:

This thread reminds me of this picture:

J.M.B · Posted: Aug 09, 2006 7:48 am Post subject:

holdsworth · Posted: Aug 09, 2006 8:06 am Post subject:

jpminter, was that neccessary? :puke:

WakeFrog1970 · Outlaw Joined: 08 Jun 2006 Posts: 143 City: Richmond

ouch....

Natman · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 873 City: Eddy TOWN

ok sick. what the hell happened?

Rhawn · Posted: Aug 09, 2006 9:00 am Post subject:

Get some gloves. My wife has some you can borrow.

jpminter · Posted: Aug 09, 2006 9:03 am Post subject:

Lol, that isn't my hand. I pulled it from an old thread just like this one. My hands look great!

buckshot · Outlaw Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 213 City: Charlotte, NC

JMB - If you don't have one already, I'd say switch to a handle like the Accurate Premier. No uneven surfaces or added texture to "grip", just a plain EVA coated handle. Don't know that it will completely eliminate blisters, but it should definitely help.

Enzoborder230 · Posted: Aug 09, 2006 9:34 am Post subject:

that wouldn't happen if you used quality skincare products..... jeez Colorful

BK · Newbie Joined: 29 Aug 2006 Posts: 12 City: Murrieta

I callouse up from the handle too, but I think it is because I death grip. White knuckle it into the wakes. Your hand almost looks like a bad case of athletes foot, maybe a Dr should look at it.
PS!! Athletes foot sucks, it is contagious and if someones feet are jacked in your boat lay down some foot fungus powder afterwards or else everyone can catch it. If you have foot fungus wear flip flops in the boat. The boat owners would rather you wear flops than catch it.

LFADAM · Posted: Sep 11, 2006 2:37 pm Post subject:

My hands get torn up for the first few rides of the season but then they toughen up and just calloce minorly for the rest of the year, no problem.

Anthony Csogor · Outlaw Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 214 City: keswick

mmmmm, my handles a cheap airhead handle... but with foam grip.... i get minor callouses, but thats it. Laughing

Chad H · Posted: Sep 11, 2006 4:00 pm Post subject:

Never have hurt my hands riding. I also have handle throwing syndrome (HTS) too though. Laughing

QNev · Posted: Sep 11, 2006 4:42 pm Post subject:

I always found gloves were harder on my hand after having blisters. Just give it a week and wait for it all to callus. It builds character Wink

RC · Addict Joined: 10 Sep 2006 Posts: 771 City: Tuscaloosa

i got blisters when i started wakeboardin but now i just have callis's (sp?)
what the world happened to that one hand? is that really from a handle?! they must have known to stop riding when they started bleeding..

Xanadu · Outlaw Joined: 09 Sep 2006 Posts: 129 City: Ottawa

I had a cheap ski handle and it was hard and it'd do that all the time. Then I got a hyperlite murray handle and it's a lot better. haven't had a problem since. It's a bit of a thinner grip compared to other handles, but i like it.

AndyAndy · Addict Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 660 City: cutchogue

unless your hands are bleeding to the extent that it is endangering your life, i would say there is no excuse for wakeboarding with gloves